Oncology Clinical Development Scientist, Director
Pfizer
19 days ago
Remote friendly (Pennsylvania, United States)
United States
Clinical Research and Development
Position Summary
You will be responsible for scientific oversight, data integrity and quality of clinical trial(s) in support of the development strategy for programs within the Late-Stage Oncology portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a clinical development expert for assigned studies; maintain current scientific/clinical knowledge in the therapeutic/disease area.
- Partner with clinical/medical colleagues, Clinical Operations, and cross-functional teams to implement and execute clinical trial(s).
- Provide scientific oversight and ensure data integrity and quality.
- Represent the study team in governance meetings and submissions; support study and disease area strategy with the Development lead/Medical Director.
- Author protocols and study-level informed consent documents; contribute to IBs, site training materials, clinical study reports, regulatory responses, and related documents.
- Set clinical data review strategy; lead quality data collection and review of emerging data/trends; review/query data and present to internal/external stakeholders.
- Partner with medically qualified colleagues to analyze emerging safety and keep clinical/safety teams informed.
- Follow SOPs/regulations and required trainings; improve quality/efficiency; lead or participate in workgroups optimizing clinical development procedures; act as subject matter expert/business process owner for a relevant SOP/procedure.
Minimum Qualifications
- PhD/PharmD (5+ years industry/CRO clinical research) OR MS (7+ years) OR BA/BS (10+ years).
- Phase 3/pivotal Oncology clinical research experience; ideally sponsor-side with successful regulatory submission/inspection/approval.
- Solid tumor or hematology trial experience.
- Experience leading a team.
- Expertise in clinical procedures, ICH, GCP; familiarity with FDA, EMA, and global regulations.
- Knowledge across Clinical Operations, Safety, Biostatistics, Regulatory, Study Management, Pre-clinical, Pharmacology, Quality Assurance.
- Experience with large data sets; Microsoft Office and scientific software proficiency.
- Strong communication/presentation/organizational skills; experience using multiple communication tools.
- Collaborative problem-solving and constructive conflict handling.
- Scientific productivity (publications/posters/abstracts/presentations).
- Proactive, independent work organization and prioritization.
- Ability to build partnerships across the company to meet program needs.
Benefits (explicit)
- Annual base salary range: $176,600.00–$294,300.00; eligible for Global Performance Plan bonus (20% target) and share-based long-term incentive; comprehensive benefits including 401(k) with Pfizer matching, paid time off, caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health/dental/vision coverage.
Work Location
- Hybrid role; live within commuting distance; work on-site ~2.5 days/week.
You will be responsible for scientific oversight, data integrity and quality of clinical trial(s) in support of the development strategy for programs within the Late-Stage Oncology portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a clinical development expert for assigned studies; maintain current scientific/clinical knowledge in the therapeutic/disease area.
- Partner with clinical/medical colleagues, Clinical Operations, and cross-functional teams to implement and execute clinical trial(s).
- Provide scientific oversight and ensure data integrity and quality.
- Represent the study team in governance meetings and submissions; support study and disease area strategy with the Development lead/Medical Director.
- Author protocols and study-level informed consent documents; contribute to IBs, site training materials, clinical study reports, regulatory responses, and related documents.
- Set clinical data review strategy; lead quality data collection and review of emerging data/trends; review/query data and present to internal/external stakeholders.
- Partner with medically qualified colleagues to analyze emerging safety and keep clinical/safety teams informed.
- Follow SOPs/regulations and required trainings; improve quality/efficiency; lead or participate in workgroups optimizing clinical development procedures; act as subject matter expert/business process owner for a relevant SOP/procedure.
Minimum Qualifications
- PhD/PharmD (5+ years industry/CRO clinical research) OR MS (7+ years) OR BA/BS (10+ years).
- Phase 3/pivotal Oncology clinical research experience; ideally sponsor-side with successful regulatory submission/inspection/approval.
- Solid tumor or hematology trial experience.
- Experience leading a team.
- Expertise in clinical procedures, ICH, GCP; familiarity with FDA, EMA, and global regulations.
- Knowledge across Clinical Operations, Safety, Biostatistics, Regulatory, Study Management, Pre-clinical, Pharmacology, Quality Assurance.
- Experience with large data sets; Microsoft Office and scientific software proficiency.
- Strong communication/presentation/organizational skills; experience using multiple communication tools.
- Collaborative problem-solving and constructive conflict handling.
- Scientific productivity (publications/posters/abstracts/presentations).
- Proactive, independent work organization and prioritization.
- Ability to build partnerships across the company to meet program needs.
Benefits (explicit)
- Annual base salary range: $176,600.00–$294,300.00; eligible for Global Performance Plan bonus (20% target) and share-based long-term incentive; comprehensive benefits including 401(k) with Pfizer matching, paid time off, caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health/dental/vision coverage.
Work Location
- Hybrid role; live within commuting distance; work on-site ~2.5 days/week.